Freedom to Live

Freedom to Live (Exodus 19:1-9)

We by temperament are either attracted to the Law or repulsed by the Law. Our culture shows us that we all have law structures which we must obey. We have the ten commandments of fitness, career, relationships, and parenting, and we are told if we don’t meet these standards then we will end up in body, status, relational, or parenting hell. How is God’s law different? Why should we choose God’s law over these other ones? We always thought that these laws would make us free and happy and that God’s law would condemn and choke, but in reality, we will see that it is God’s law that does not crush but liberates us to live.

Biography:

Prior to coming to Boston in 2000, Dr. Um served as a pastor for several Presbyterian Churches in Connecticut, Rhode Island (at Brown University), and New York City. He is now the Senior Minister of Citylife Church in Boston, and the author of The Theme of Temple Christology in John's Gospel, (T & T Clark). He received his Ph.D. in New Testament studies from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and for the last seven years has also been teaching New Testament studies as a faculty member of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Covenant Theological Seminary, and Emerson College. Dr. Um is a member of the Board of Directors for The Gospel Coalition, for which he serves as the Secretary. Citylife Church in center city Boston is an ethnically diverse group of professional and creative urbanites. Dr. Um is married and has three children.